The Lunar Queen (Lyric and Mason) novel Chapter 159

Chapter 159

The door shuts, and the room goes quiet again. Too quiet. The kind that presses in if you let it. I don’t.

I don’t know how much time passes, but not too long after, Jonathan and Seraphina walk into the room.

“Hey Lyric, how are you feeling today?” Seraphina asks when the door closes behind them.

“I’m doing good. I have been making friends to help make this escape easier. I also got Agnes to make sure my food isn’t being

spiked anymore,” I say.

I say it like it’s simple. It’s not.

“We are running out of time and we need to start planning. I did some recon yesterday on my walk. There aren’t many guards patrolling the area. Also, the back of the house is basically a dead zone,” I say.

“Most of the guards stay with David, and those that are around the settlement don’t do much since the spell went up,” Jonathan

says.

I nod slowly.

“Have you spoken to Cole again, Seraphina?” I ask.

His name hits the same every time. Sharp. Immediate.

She shakes her head. “Not yet, but I will be making the journey to the palace tonight to speak with him,” she says.

Tonight feels too far away and too close at the same time.

“What is the hole in the back?” I ask.

“It was for tunnels in the event we were found before the attack,” Jonathan says.

“Can that be a possible escape route?” I ask.

“It can, but with the pups being so close and you being so big, I don’t think that is wise,” he says.

I don’t react. I already knew that. That’s the problem.

“But if we can make it easier for you to get into the tunnel, it may work. It leads to the center of the unclaimed territory. If we can

get Cole to meet us there, we may have a chance,” he adds.

“Okay… and what other options do we have?” I ask.

“If we can get the guards that patrol the grounds on your side and make sure they are not on board with David and his plans, then

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we may be able to get you out through the back of the settlement,” Seraphina says.

“A lot of the rogues here do not agree with David. We just need the right moments to speak with them,” Jonathan says.

“He has his loyal members, but there are not many. Most are just too afraid to leave because being a rogue and on your own isn’t

easy,” he adds.

“Today I will try to put my plan to keep him from touching me into motion. That will give me more freedom to move around. We

need to get him out more often if we want this to work,” I say.

I say it steady, like it doesn’t cost me anything. It does.

“I will handle that,” Jonathan says.

A knock sounds at the door, and they both freeze.

Instant stillness. No panic. Just control.

“My Queen, are you ready?” Rhea says through the door.

“Come in, Rhea,” I say.

When she opens the door and sees Jonathan and Seraphina, she freezes.

“Should I come back?” she asks.

“No, come. We are just discussing potential plans,” I say.

“Okay, well Alpha says you have an hour,” she says.

An hour. That’s all I get. That’s enough.

I smile. “Good. That is all I need,” I say, moving to stand.

My body drags for half a second-I push through it like it didn’t happen.

She grabs my hand, and we walk out of the room and out the house.

I guide Rhea straight to the back of the house toward the hole and stop as if I’m looking at the garden.

I don’t look at it directly. I don’t need to. I already mapped it.

A rogue who looks to be around my age approaches us.

“Hello, Luna, how are you today?” he asks.

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I smile. “Tired and pregnant,” I say, laughing.

Easy. Light. Nothing to question.

He laughs.

“Luna, this is Joshua, he is a warrior,” Rhea says.

“Nice to meet you, Joshua. Have you always been a rogue?” I ask him.

“No, I came here with Agnes and Ivana from Black Moon,” he says.

“Good, so we can be friends,” I say, letting my body sway just enough to sell it. Not too much. Not yet.

“I feel very faint,” I say.

I put my hand to my head and sway more before falling over.

I let my weight go completely. No catching myself. No hesitation. Full drop.

“Omg Luna, Josh pick her up we have to take her to the clinic,” Rhea says, panicked.

Voices rise. Movement speeds up. Attention shifts exactly where I need it.

Part one of the plan in motion.

And for the first time since I got here-something moves because I made it move.

I will not be a victim, and I will not let this captivity be the end of me.

I am a Queen, Eloise reborn-

and if they want weak, I’ll give them weak-right up until I break this place open from the inside.

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